Bengaluru (Karnataka), March 15, 2017: The Government of Karnataka has released an amount of Rs. 175 Crores (INR 17.5 Million) for the Mahamasthakabhisheka Mahotsava – 2018 of Lord Bahubali at Shravanabelagola. Karnataka chief minister Sri Siddaramaiah made this announcement is his budget speech today. This will be part of the Rs. 570 crores grants the Government of Karnataka has promised to release for the celebrations. This amount will be utilised for providing facilities to the devotees arriving to Shravanabelagola from all over the world and for improving infrastructure in and around Shravanabelagola.
Members of Jain community have thanked the chief minister of Karnataka for the grants given by the Government towards the Mahamasthakabhisheka celebrations. – Jain Heritage Centres News Service (JHCNS)

Bahubali Mahamasthakabhisheka – 2018

Mahamasthakabhisheka, the head anointing ceremony is performed once in 12 years to the 57 feet high monolithic statue of Lord Bahubali at Shravanabelagola. The event is being be held under the leadership of His Holiness Swasti Sri Charukeerthi Bhattarakha Swamiji of Shravanabelagola from 17th-25th February 2018.